125,000 jobs up for grabs in nationwide Independence Day job fairs —DOLE

Some 125,000 jobs will be up for grabs at the job and business fairs to be conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) as part of the country's Independence Day celebrations.

The simultaneous job fairs dubbed Independence Day Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) will be held on June 12 and 15 in 21 sites across the country and will have options for local and overseas employment.

Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras assured jobseekers that none of the 621 participating employers (501 local and 120 overseas) are on their list of end of contract or "endo" violators or offer labor-only contracting.

"We saw to it na walang kasama po dun. Ito po, lahat [ng] employers ay legitimate. They have not been part of whatever identification made by our inspectors," he said at a press briefing on Wednesday.

Wages will vary per job in the TNK fairs that Bureau of Local Employment Director Dominique Tutay believes will draw at least 30,000 to 50,000 jobseekers.

"There is available work in the market and those who seek employment or further employment puwede po silang pumunta ng job fair po natin," Tutay said.

"The matter of placing them kapag sila po ay nag-apply, siyempre po depende sa qualifications nila na ipe-present doon sa employer who makes decision whether or not to employ them," she added.

Local employers are offering the most vacancies to:

• Production machine operators
• Officer and enlisted personnel (AFP, PNP, Navy, BJMP)
• Construction workers/laborers
• Customer service representatives
• Masons and carpenters (rough/finishing)
• Company drivers
• Service crews
• Production or factory workers
• Retail and sales agents

Overseas jobs — mostly in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia, Japan, Oman, and New Zealand — that will be made available include:

• Service/hotel workers
• Nurses
• Engineers
• General labor/technician
• Labor workers
• Forecourt (petrol filler)
• Butchers
• Sales Personnel
• Hospital workers
• Carpenters

The 2018 Independence Day job and business fairs will be held at the following venues:

• NCR - Senior Citizen's Garden, Rizal Park, Manila
• CAR - Porta Vaga Mall Veranda, Baguio City
• Region 1 - Nepo Mal, Dagupan City; Candon Civic Center, Candon City, Ilocos Sur; Pacoy Ortega Gymnasium, San Fernando City, La Union
• Region 2 - Tuguegarao People's Gym, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
• Region 3 - Metro Town Mall, Tarlac City
• Region 4A - Freedom Park, Kaingen, Kawit, Cavite; Sunstall Mall, Sta. Cruz, Laguna
• MIMAROPA - Marinduque Convention Center, Boac, Marinduque
• Region 5 - Ayala Mall, Legazpi City, Albay
• Region 6 - 888 China Town Square, Bacolod City
• Region 7 - Negros Oriental Convention Center; Cebu City Sports Complex
• Region 8 - Provincial Covered Court, Catbalogan City, Samaar (June 15)
• Region 9 - KCC Mall de Zamboanga, Gov. Camins Ave. Zamboanga City; Zamboanga del Norte Cultural Convention and Sports Center, Gen. Luna St., Dipolog City
• Region 10 - Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte
• Region 11 - Davao City Recreation Center (Almendras Gym), Talomo, Davao City
• Region 12 - KCC Mall Convention Center, General Santos City
• CARAGA - Provincial Capitol Training Center, Provincial Capitol Building, Butuan City (June 15)

Tutay said the government had helped 1.5 to 1.8 million jobseekers find employment through different methods of employment facilitation. —KBK, GMA News